At a time when state lawmakers are dealing with fallout from budget cuts and struggling to find money to fix deteriorating roads and bridges, a Channel 4 Action News investigation uncovered some expenses inside the Capitol building government watchdogs say are wasteful.

3 NOW MORE OF A CHANNEL FOUR ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATION. WE THOUGHT ELECTION DAY WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME CHECKING INTO HOW ELECTED OFFICIALS-- WHO ARE ALREADY IN OFFICE-- ARE SPENDING áYOURá TAX DOLLARS! ACTION NEWS REPORTER MATT BELANGER DUG THROUGH HUNDREDS OF STATE CONTRACTS-- AND THEN WENT TO HARRISBURG TO QUESTION YOUR LAWMAKERS ABOUT WHAT HE FOUND. 3 3 3 THEY'RE ALL OVER THE CAPTIOL BUILDING-- LEFT ON TABLES--FILLING BIG "NEWSPAPER ONLY" YEAR, ALLEGHENY COUNTY DEMOCRAT-- REPRESENTATIVE JOE THE áMOSTá ON NEWSPAPERS FOR HIS OFFICE .HUNDRED DOLLARS 3 FOR FIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO NEW YORK TIMES, AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, -- INCLUDING HIGHER PRICED SUNDAY 3 FELLOW ALLEGHENY 3 COUNTY DEMOCRAT FRANK DERMODY ALSO HAS NEWSPAPERS DELIVERED TO HIS CAPITOL OFFICE. 3 WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL 3 UP-- SINCE 20-10-- THE HOUSE OF HAS SPENT MORE DOLLARS ON NEWSPAPER 3 DELIVERIES.SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE HOUSE'S "MEMBERS ONLY" LOUNGE OFF LIMITS TO THE CAPITOL WATCHDOG 3 ERIC EPSTEIN SAYS-- WHILE THE EXPENSE COMPARED TO THE STATE'S 28 BILLION BUDGET-- IT'S A MATTER OF 3 BUT... THAT'S EXACTLY 3 WHAT AUDITOR GENERAL EUGENE DEPASQUALE DID WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE-- HE CUT OFF THE OFFICE'S 16-THOUSAND DOLLAR A YEAR NEWSPAPER ORDER. NOW, HE READS THE NEWS ON HIS CELL PHONE-- WHICH, BY THE WAY-- HE PAYS FOR HIMSELF. 3 3 Our investigation continues tonight at 11... As we uncover a service for which the pennsylvania senate spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years-- which officials now admit was un-necessary. Here's a hint

There's a $30,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of a bank robbery trio known as the Black Hat Bandits, suspected in a two-month string of robberies across Maryland and Virginia, the latest coming Monday.